Converse in the Spirit: William Blake, Jacob Boehme, and the Creative Spirit

by Kevin Fischer

Overview

Converse in the Spirit is a comparative study of the writings of William Blake and the German visionary philosopher Jacob Boehme. It argues that the relationship between Blake and Boehme was a meeting of like minds that transcended place and time, that each regarded himself as part of a community of vision, and aspiration, and believed that any predominant form ofthought and understanding was only partial.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611472707
Publisher:	Fairleigh Dickinson
Publication date:	05/01/2004
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	9
	Introduction	11
	Abbreviations	13
Part I
1.	Background	19
2.	Boehme, Blake and Tradition	31
3.	Communion, the Prophetic, and the Living Bible	44
	Progressive Independence	44
	Prophetic Vision and Activity	46
	Husks, Histories, and the Inner Bible	52
4.	Obscurity, Difficulty, and Awakening	58
	Necessary Obscurity	58
	Rousing the Faculties to Act	64
5.	Expression, Creation, and Manifestation	69
	Symbolic Vision and the Stubborn Structure	69
	Creation and the Individual	75
Part II
6.	Theogony: From Nothing to Something	83
	Introduction	83
	The Ungrund	85
	Separation, Contrariety, and Fire	88
	The Seven Properties	93
7.	The First Four Properties	101
	The First and Second Properties	101
	The Third Property	105
	The Fourth Property	110
8.	The Fifth and Sixth Properties	120
	The Fifth Property	120
	The Sixth Property	129
	Mercury	134
9.	The Seventh Property and the Cycles of the Seven	139
	The Seventh Property	139
	The Cycles of the Seven	149
10.	The First and Second Principles	159
	The First Principle	159
	The Second Principle, Separation, and Interdependence	164
	The Fall of Lucifer	171
11.	The Third Principle	179
	Hard Matter, Creation, and Adam	179
	The Fall of Man	188
12.	Incarnation and Judgment	199
	Mercy	199
	Incarnation	204
	The Last Judgment	211
	Conclusion	219
	Notes	221
	Bibliography	235
	Index	248